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 A classic ex_ple of this serendipitous discovery of
 marijuanaSs medical utility by a patient occurred in 1971.
 Daniel, the seventeen-year old son of Harvard Professor
 Dr. Lester Grinspoon_ was suffering from leukemia. For several
 years, Daniel had undergone chemotherapy treatments in an effort
 .i_ii_ to cure his deadly disease. Despite the life-prolonging benefits
 that he derived from the treatments, Daniel was on the verge of
 discontinuing chemotherapy because of severe and uncontrollable
 _i nauseaol2_/
 After learning of marijuana_s potential medical utility
 in controlling nausea, Daniel's mother, without the knowledge of
 Dro Lester Grinspoon_ secured marijuana for her sons Daniel°
 Daniel smoked a marijuana cigarette before receiving his next
 chemotherapy treatment. The results wer_ remarkable. Daniel
 stopped vomiting ands for the first time in weeks, was able to
 eat food =-a submarine sandwich. Although marijuana smoking did
 not cure Daniel_s cancert he was able to continue chemotherapy
 treatments and to dramatically improve the quality of his
 life.14__-q/
 Daniel and his parents reported these remarkable
 ....... changes tothe boySs physicians at the prestigious Sidney Farber
 Institute.!41/
 Oncologists and other physicians with practices in all
 geographic areas of the country began to receive similar
 139/ Affidavit of Dr. Lester Grinspoon_ _ 3_6.
 i40/ /_do at _I 9-10.
 _41/ /_. at _ 10.
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